Claim · #6494379
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Sclerotia of the fungus inside a tomato stem”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 547
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a well-documented necrotrophic fungal pathogen of tomato stems; internal sclerotia formation in pith tissue is a hallmark symptom consistent with the source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a well-documented necrotrophic fungus forming sclerotia inside infected stem pith of tomatoes; source quote corroborates internal sclerotia formation.”
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